J. Hilton Googe Design Group, Inc. is a award-wining custom residential design and stock plan service located in Charleston, South Carolina. We have been a respected leader in the local building community for over 40 years. During that time we have provided plans to home builders and owners for over 10,000 homes in and around the greater Charleston area. Having access to an archive of those plans we offer the owners of those homes our services when its time to remodel.
As Charleston is in a hurricane (high wind) and an earthquake zone all our plans are designed to meet the International Residential Building Code 2006 or SSTD 10-99. We also have many elevated designs that are adapted to flood zones. Our plans are designed for an “A” flood zone, however they can be converted for F.E.M.A. regulated “V” flood zone. Depending on your building codes either we can accommodate this for you or you could use a local engineer.
Our pre-drawn designs are thoughtfully created for exterior curb appeal with well conceived interior layouts. You will find rooms dimensioned to standard lumber lengths for the lowest possible cost per square foot. We can modify our stock plans to suite your individual taste, weather you need a different exterior elevation or to add square footage. Maybe you would like a unique type of bathroom or kitchen layout. We can also change the foundation to suite your particular needs.
If you desire to make changes to one of our stock plans we suggest you purchase a full study copy first. You can then mark up the study copy or make notes of the changes you would like to have made. Please fax or mail a copy of your mark-ups to us and we will provide you with a fixed quote (see price for hourly rate) for those modifications. You may want to make an appointment with meet with Hilton so he may mark up a study copy as the two of go over your personal modifications. He will then prepare a complete fixed quote for the changes you have discussed.
If you have any questions please feel free to call us during normal business hours which are Monday thru Thursday from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm. We are closed Friday thru Sunday.